Dip Dyed Flower Crown

April 4 2018

Flower crowns are beautiful — and make us feel like total goddesses. Which is why they are still so on-trend. But they could be so much better if they were hand crafted. With the project below, you can use Rit’s new DyeMore line of synthetic dyes to make any flower crown uniquely yours.

Supplies

White Flower Crown

Rit DyeMore Super Pink

Tongs

Dishwashing Liquid

Paper Towels

Rubber Gloves

Stove Pot

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Instructions

Gather Supplies.

When dyeing synthetic fabrics, always use the Stove Top method of dyeing. This will ensure a high, steady temperature (about 180F or just below boiling), which is needed to dye synthetics. Fill cook pot with 3 gallons of hot tap water. Cover pot and heat water to almost boiling.

Add a squirt of liquid dish detergent (about 1 teaspoon) and stir well. Test dye color by dipping paper towel in the dyebath. If color is too light, add more dye; if color is too dark, add more water.

Wearing rubber gloves, use the metal tongs to lower the flower crown directly into the dyebath. For a dip-dyed look, only lower the bottom half of the crown. Keep flower crown in dyebath until desired color is acheived. For color variations, experiment with dyeing different parts of the flower crown for different looks. Dye just the bottom, dye just the top or even tilt the flower crown for a diagonal effect. To acheive an ombre look, dip the whole flower crown in quickly and then pull it out slowly allowing the bottom portions of the flower crown to spend a few more seconds in the dye, creating a darker shaded effect.

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